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🇺🇸Richard Rodriguez

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b. 1958

"My brother is now seventy. His hands are burled with arthritis. Some days he walks with difficulty."

"Ever since I was born I have never been involved in corruption and I will never be corrupt."

"The fundamental for the sustainable growth of Nigeria is not in the hydro-carbon industry but in agriculture."

"While reiterating Tanzania's support to the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination, please accept, Your Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration"

"Canada is a country that works better in practice than in theory."

"I am the bee that will make honey for all."

"Guns are not only for soldiers. Every person can own a gun. If they shoot, you shoot back."

"We fought a lonely battle against terrorism sponsored by Sudan, and we have defeated it; we cannot be intimidated by any force. For us our guide is the Constitution of Uganda and the laws there under."

"China is an attractive piece of meat coveted by all … but very tough, and for years no one has been able to bite into it."

"Every time I say anything, people seize on it for all kinds of meanings so I am uncomfortable with talking. At least this way, I can think about the answers and phrase them carefully."

"The Trans Mountain expansion is a vital strategic interest to Canada − it will be built."

"I will confine myself to reaffirming the Israel will not be the first country to introduce nuclear weapons to the region."

"There is no room for communists in Kenya."

"I prefer to live in South Africa because it's a wonderful country; because I've been there for 300 years."

"When a jumbo jet crashes, we will rush in with assistance, but we forget that each day 30,000 children die unnecessarily from poverty-related preventable causes - equivalent to 100 jumbo jets crashing every day."

"I will be a true and faithful prime minister, so help me God."

"We now have a great opportunity to put land to good use, to take it out of those hands, lazy hands I might say, and put it into the working hands of our people."

"There comes a time when the nation is more important than an individual."

"COVID-19 is taking so much from us. But it’s also giving us something special – the opportunity to come together as one humanity – to work together, to learn together, to grow together."

"Internet use is diffusing fast, but this diffusion follows a spatial pattern that fragments its geography according to wealth, technology, and power: it is the new geography of development."

"I will not pursue trickle-down economics, but will implement bottom-up economics aimed at getting the poor out of poverty into prosperity."

"When I was informed by the police they had decided to charge me with treason ... I was in a state of shock. That I have been found guilty of treason shocks me the more."

"Science and future, that is a contradiction."

"I grew up surrounded by all types of music...You have to remember, Panama is a port so I always had contact with all types of music—from the big bands of Count Basie to all the Cuban bands of people like Benny Moré."

"Our enemies latched unto the word "apartheid" and in a very sly manner transformed it into the strongest weapon in the onslaught against freedom and civilization in our country."

"I was taught to strive not because there were any guarantees of success but because the act of striving is in itself the only way to keep faith with life"

"We have to recognize that the China challenge is a serious one. This is not something to dismiss or waive away. China is using technology for the perfection of dictatorship."

"I am excited that Tanzania is the only country out of 53 African nations to host the relay. This is a rare opportunity for our nation and a challenge for the government and the people to promote sports."

"You can play the piano with the white keys only or you can play it with only the black keys. But for harmony you must use the black and the white keys."

"The Palestinians fight for their rights and their land using stones and catapults but the Israelis retaliate with disproportional and overwhelming power by using bullets and bombs thus killing so many innocent civilians,"

"We are not going to give you money you’re sitting at home every day doing nothing. We must give you jobs we must give you money, because when you work you develop self-respect and dignity"

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